Combined name-plate and register for doors.



No. 854,598. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. j

E J. H. PAIGE. COMBINED NAMBPLATE AND REGISTER FOR DOORS.

AIPPLIOATION IILBD JULY 6, 1905. RENEWED NOV. 8,1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

COMBINED NAME-PLATE AND REGISTER FOR DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application file'd July 6,1 0 Renewed N vemb r 8, 1906. Serial No.342.568.

T0 (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES H. PAIGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined N ame Plate and Register for Doors and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention is for improvements in com bined name plates and registersfor doors.

As indicated, objects of my invention are to provide a name-plate whichshallbe adapted to convey certain information to those without, callingin the absence of the occupant or at other times, and to these ends theinvention consists of certain structural features substantially ashereinafter fully disclosed and particularly pointed out by the claims.

In the hereto annexed drawing Figure 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 3is a disassembled view of the faceplate. Fig. 4 is a like View of thebacking for said plate, and Fig. 5 is a de tail perspective view of theknob removed.

I11 the disclosure of my invention, I produce, preferably, incircular-form the face-v plate 1 and the backing, or disk 2, conformably thereto; and back of all is arranged a correspondingly shapedpiece or second disk 3, preferably of wood, or which may be of thatmaterial or otherwise. Said faceplate bears the name of the owner,preferably stamped, or cut in stencil-form therein; the same beingarranged in conformity with an arc of and adjacent to the circle orperimeter thereof. A portion of said face-plate is also cut-away, as at4, directly below said name and also coinciding with an arc of, andadjacent to said circle or perimeter, thus providing an arcuate viewingopening 4 at that point, the purpose of which will be apparent ater. acoating of black-paint, or enamel, thus combining with thestencil-formed letters to distinctly or clearly disclose the name, whilesaid backing or disk has produced, upon it, so as to be viewed throughsaid opening, certain information, as at 5, 5 of importance to' theowner as will be readily understood.

The backing or disk 2 is treated to.

Said face-plate 1 has the movable backing, or disk, 2, guided behind itin an annular upraised portion 1 thereof to permit the readymanipulation or turning of said backing or disk 2 therein, between itand the back3 by a finger-piece or knob 6 suitably let into a conformingopening or socket 7 of said disk 2 and extending outward through anopening 8 in the face-plate as shown. Said knob is formed with a roundedportion 6, adapted to extend through the opening 8, in plate, and asmall flattened projection 6 adapted to extend into the socket 7, whilethe inner face of the portion 6*, where it projects laterally beyond thepart 6 rests upon the face of the plate 2, preventing said knob frombecoming clamped upon the face plate. The turning of the backing or disk2, is, it will be readily understood, to permit the shifting thereofaccording to the information or notice it may be desired to displaythrough the viewing opening 4 as will be noted from Fig 1.

In order to limit the rotation of the disk 2, I provide it with anarcuate slot 9 through which extends a screw 10 from the faceplate intothe backing 3. By tightening said screw, the disk 2 may be heldstationary while when it is loosened, said disk may be freely rotated.

I clan 1. A device of the character described, having a face plate, anaxially movable plate ar ranged behind said face plate and visiblethrough an opening in said face plate, and means for turning the rearplate, comprising a knob having a rounded portion adapted to extendthrough an opening in the face plate, and a smaller plate-like portionadapted to engage a correspondingly shaped opening in said rear plate,the part of the rounded portion, which extends laterally from the plateportion, adapted to engage the surface of the rear disk for the purposespecified.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a face plate having aname formed therein by stencil-cut letters, and an axially movableplate, of a different color from the face plate, arranged behind saidface plate and showing through said stencil-cut letters, said rear platebearing indicia discernible through an opening in another portion ofsaid face plate, means for turning the rear plate, comprising a knobhaving a rounded portion adapted to extend through an openthe face Intestimony whereof, I aflix my signature, 1n presence of tWo wltnesses.

JAMES H. PAIG a.

ing in the face plate, and a smaller flattened portion adapted to engagea correspondingly shaped opening in said rear plate, the part of therounded portion, which extends laterally 5 from the fiat portion,adapted to engage the surface of the rear disk for the purpose speci-

